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LOT 0344
Bronze Age Gold Spiral Hair Ring
CIRCA 1000 B.C.
5/8 in. (17.2 grams, 17 mm).
Formed as an ellipsoid-section tapering rod with the ends flattened.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Bronze Age Double Spiral Ring
10th-11th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Formed from a single length of rod; median hoop of four coils developing at each end to a perpendicular coiled plaque. 24.94 grams, 72.00 mm overall, 17.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)
Acquired in Vienna, Austria, in 2001. In Switzerland before 2005. Property of a London gentleman. -
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Middle Bronze Age Palstave Axehead
Circa 1250-1100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
The blade of the palstave sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge; the cutting edge slightly asymmetrical and blunt; the blade is sub-triangular in profile with the widest section being before the stop ridge; both faces presenting a triangle below the stop ridge and at the upper portion of the blade that points towards the blade; U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting; the butt end thins and is complete with a straight, blunt side; a single side loop on one side of the palstave; a casting seam present along both sides of the object. 319 grams, 12.7 cm
Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Audlem, Cheshire East, UK, in 2022. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) reference no.LVPL-4DD308.
The palstave fits within the Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the later Middle and earlier Late Bronze Age; this corresponds with Needham (1996) Period 5-6 fitting with Metalworking Assemblage X. -
European Bronze Age Silver Torc-Shaped Ring Money
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
Round-section penannular bar with clubbed ends. 11.5 grams, 31 mm
Ex property of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
